Year: 2018

October 13th – Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day

If you can get past the pumpkin spice shroud of September (yuck!), you will most definitely fall right into the pink-washing of Pinktober….all in the name of breast cancer awareness. Don’t get me wrong – there are lots of great people and companies raising awareness for breast cancer and research, but there are some that …

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Moving from Grief to Growth

On June 1, 2018, my good friend KCT died. Just like that. No illness, no warning, just gone. The phone rang, my world reeled, and it was devastating. We all continue on – she would have wanted that. But not before a lot of grief and reflection takes place. Our girl, Karen, has a lot …

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Top 5 Things To Do When You Get Kicked Off the Island (Archive from 9/16/2017)

When someone kicks you off their island, it stings (a lot), BUT you WILL survive. Your position on that island and the circumstances of getting kicked off are directly proportional to how long it might take. Stay strong, be kind (to yourself and others), make what ever changes are necessary and survive. Relationships naturally ebb …

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Take the TimeOut – YOU Deserve It! (Archive from 07/23/2017)

BUSY. Busy, busy, busy, busy, busy. It has almost become the new “I’m fine” auto response when you ask people how they are doing. And it’s not OK. It’s an epidemic that is ruining our lives and relationships. In reality, if we are honest with ourselves and self-aware, we tend to hide behind our ‘busy’ …

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Always Two, Most Often More (Archive from 01/15/2017)

As I continue to increase my ‘getting quiet’ time with meditation and self work, I’m noticing a few recurring thoughts popping in. These are things I thought I had fully processed, but there they are. The best part about noticing these is that acknowledging and accepting them feels like a final step in letting go …

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2017 – New Year, New ??? (Archive from 01/09/2017)

2017 started out pretty crappy – pun definitely intended! We had a plumbing blockage over the holiday and getting a plumber to come out on the holiday was SUPER challenging. Then the day after I picked up a nasty cold AND had to go back to work…..UGH. But this weekend, this AMAZING weekend….it has shown …

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Of Elections and Shoes (Archive from 11/10/2016)

Today saw the aftermath of the Presidential election of 2016 – the most divisive in our lifetime. Both sides were equally nasty and ugly to each other, that has sadly become the norm that we accept from politicians and brush off. After the results came in, half the country was elated and ready for change; …

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Is Self-Awareness the Key to Happiness? (Archive from 11/12/2014)

Wednesdays on the positively CFRS blog are for Awareness and Wellness – a myriad of subjects from self awareness and different charities and organizations I support to healthier and whole living. All things that inspire me as I wander through life. Self Awareness is weird. It has an infinite number of levels, making it realistically an …

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Every Day…. (Archive from 11/12/2014)

So I’m “supposed” to write every day. That freaks me out just a little. When all of a sudden I am told I have to do something, it moves out of pleasure and into a bit of an obligation. I’m good with obligations, but then when they scare me for some rational or irrational reason, …

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On Being Quiet (Archive from 06/30/2014)

I’m pretty new to this, so I’m really just going for it….That’s sort of how I do things – figure out the basics and then just jump in head first. Risks be damned. That’s not to say I’m particularly reckless or free from fear – many things still scare me and lots of those are …

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